{"id":270822,"date":"2025-11-19T02:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/270822\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T02:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:39:08","slug":"ryan-sutton-seals-super-league-return-with-newly-promoted-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/270822\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Sutton seals Super League return with newly-promoted side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Sutton is returning to Super League in 2026 after agreeing to sign for newly-promoted Bradford Bulls for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>Sutton becomes one of the biggest new recruits at the Bulls ahead of their first top-flight season in over a decade \u2013 and will head up their forward unit after signing for Kurt Haggerty\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>Sutton has been looking for a club since his short-term deal with Gold Coast Titans expired at the end of the 2025 NRL season. He has previously spent time in the NRL with Canterbury Bulldogs and Canberra Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>But his time with the Bulldogs was severely injury-hit, leading to his release earlier this year. He never played for the Titans, instead representing Ipswich Jets in the Queensland Cup on a solitary occasion.<\/p>\n<p>But now, Sutton is back in England with a surprise move to Odsal to sign for Bradford.<\/p>\n<p>They have recruited the likes of Jayden Nikorima and Esan Marsters, but have now captured a major acquisition in the pack with Sutton signing on the dotted line.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/post\/wakefield-trinity-olly-russell-signs-huddersfield-giants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wakefield Trinity half-back departs for Super League rivals in pre-season transfer deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His signature was unveiled at the club\u2019s launch night on Tuesday evening along with the Bulls\u2019 new home shirt ahead of their return to the top flight.<\/p>\n<p>Sutton began his career with Wigan Warriors in 2014, spending five seasons with his hometown club and making well over 100 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old then headed Down Under to further his career but after an up-and-down stint in the NRL, he is back in Super League and will be a Bradford player in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>He has signed a two-year deal with Haggerty\u2019s side as he looks to revive his career after an injury-hit period in Australia with the Bulldogs and then the Titans.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/post\/challenge-cup-first-and-second-round-draw-details-confirmed-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Cup First and Second Round draw details confirmed as new format revealed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Sutton is returning to Super League in 2026 after agreeing to sign for newly-promoted Bradford Bulls for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-270822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}